Entropic effects in carbon nanotubes-templated crystallization of Poly(3-alkyl thiophenes, P3HT, P3OT)

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6399-6405

  Dias, Yoav ^a   Yerushalmi Rozen, Rachel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Entropic nucleation; Polymer crystallization

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTROPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NUCLEATION; POLYMERS; YARN;

CONJUGATION LENGTH; CYLINDRICAL SHAPES; EFFECTIVE RIGIDITY; HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES; POLYMER CRYSTALLINITY; POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYMER DISPERSIONS; TEMPLATED CRYSTALLIZATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84886241912     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.09.057     Document Type: Article

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